I don't care what anyone says - they will always be cuddly love sponges. All the naughty things my Clare does and she can make up for it with one cuddle session!
Not a better pet if you want unconditional love. That spot under the wings and around the tail triggers a breeding thing work their head they like it just as well.......enjoy
well, you're welcome. We have five crazy birds now, not just mme. Claire!
Feel free to write me on Twitter (mmemaledicta) or add my YIM to your friends list (madamemaledicta) for more info, make sure to ID yourself as "sara who commented on You tube" so I know it's not just some crazy random add!
Even though their "cuddle bug" personalities fade as they get older, that happy-spot under the wing NEVER goes away, lol. I have two umbrellas (have had them since they were both about a year old) and if I even motion to them that I'm going to scratch under their wings, they turn to absolute mush :-) I swear, its like a drug to them.
I've been considering a cockatoo for going on three years now, but it's not a choice I take lightly. They stay sweet, but only if you socialize them properly. You can't give them huge amounts of attention when they're babies and expect them to deal with less as adults. They also need to be introduced to a vast array of people with GOOD results... They should be introduced to traveling by car, in a carrier, and need to be handled by many people, in order to be good pets... Your bird is great!
My too still loves to be cuddled. Every animal is unique, Toos included. Not all will eventually turn out to be psycho. Some cockatoo people really go overboard with the scare tactics because it makes them feel important (I'm special, only I can handle a bird like this) but they are just on an ego trip. If a cockatoo has no history, like this baby, like mine when she was a baby, and the owner is even semi responsible, smart, and attentive, the bird will be fine.
cute bub you got there henry is now 6 and stills luvs his kisses & cuddles and will usually sit there and go to sleep while getting cuddles from his dad...
Mine is 13 and still loves his cuddle time. He has his hormonal moments now that he's gone through maturity, but I believe he will always love to cuddle.
My too is 10. Still cuddles & kisses. He's very affectionate. My only advice... Establish a maintainable routine. I was warned that many people lavish attention 24/7 on their baby at first, then wonder what went wrong when baby becomes demanding when the novelty wears off. Best advice ever. Knowing how sensitive he is, I'm sure he would have been heart broken when our lives fell into a routine that included anything other than cuddle time. Enjoy your baby. I'm sure you & Claire will be happy.
Don't feed the trolls! The next time someone gives you a snarky and dumb comment like that, use all your willpower to ignore it, or just delete it and never have to live with it again.
I love your new baby. She looks very happy and contented, and as she gets older I think that she will be quite a wonderful companion bird.
I know that it's easy to feel sorry for all of the neglected, abused birds that are out there. If I let my emotions go wild, I'd probably have a zillion birds! But I have to think about how much attention each bird requires to feel "special", money for equipment and vet visits, etc. So for now I am keeping my 13 1/2 year old as an "only". Sometimes I wish I had more time and more money though!
Beautiful bird. I adopted a too that was about 3-- the age when they can become a handful. When you teach a parrot "good manners" at the start then this transition period is not so bad. My too is about 13 now and is very lovable and likes to cuddle. I've read not to give them "one to one attention" for more than about half an hour at a time so they do not become demanding, but talking to them and being in the same areais alway okay. You look and sound like a good birdie Mom.
The one thing about these types of birds is that they can be over bonding. My mom still has the same cockatoo for over 18 years, and she used to always be around her dad until he passed away years ago. This caused the bird to go in a frenzy for a long time.
Funny, I just went to check out Tubesquatters page and the accounts been closed. Looks like you weren't the only person he was causing trouble with. Ignore the jerks, love your Too. :)
Honey, you don't need to justify anything to the jerks who post negative things about you. You just keep up the good work, and give us more 'update' videos. Best wishes to you.
Actually, the cockatoo, if you keep it tame and friend and show it just as much attention as you would a baby, as it grows, it will start to act just like any human being. ours we have had for 8 years, and it acts like an 8 year old child, eats with us at the table, watches movies, and snuggles when it wants to snuggle up to "Daddy" or "Bubba" as she calls me and my dad.
Everything I have seen and heard points to this same conclusion. I'm so glad to hear that you have a sweet friend to love and cuddle. I'm sure Claire will be a great friend for the rest of her life, and mine!!!
I've heard it all before and a thousand times over. You're just like the rest, maintaining a problem, buying for self gratification. I see my time WAS wasted. I bid you farewell and invite you to visit mytoos dot com to learn about the bird you think you're "saving".
good job! looks like you listened to NOTHING I just said. Except that I felt I was helping Claire not to go to what I saw as a possibly unfit home. well, you've done just what I suspected. You presented no valid questions, no reasoning behind your accusations, and your fallacious argument has thus folded under its own weight. enjoy your new desigantion as "that intellectually dishonest asshat who is now banned from commenting on this account".
Oh! I nearly forgot to mention that the ringtone on my phone is the cockatoo sound bite from mytoos. When I hear it, I hear a great bird doing its thing, sounding off to greet the sun.let me guess though: you're from there, and you think you're presenting a PSA to a horribly ignorant person.
well, jerk, the grant I am about to receive for groundbreaking linguistic work with birds would say otherwise...
Oh no, your time wasn't wasted, at least not for us. You showed us what a self-important jerk you are. You are more interested in attacking people than you are in helping birds. You think people are really going to listen to you when you attack them? You only make yourself appear crazy. Teach through informing and educating people with kindness, you'll reach a lot more people that way.
Cockatoos make WONDERFUL pets for people who have the time and understanding to properly care for them. They just need lots of attention because they are so highly social. I've known several adults that were sweet and gentle as they were as babies. I rescued one adult--badly abused who turned into a very nice pet.
This is why I say she is the perfect companion for this household.
We don' go out a lot, except to work or go to school. I am home all of the time because I can work from anywhere. every day, each of the birds I already have get cooked for, played with, and adored. I have time and energy to spend with Claire, and I have worked with big-bird rescues before. However, she will be the first bird of her size I have owned.
You signed yourself up for babysitting a two year old for the rest of your life- So have I welcome to the club. In december we adopted an eight year old boy who's owner died. Doesn't scream, never bitten anyone, a total doll. I couldn't of raised a better bird myself.
I love the "babysitting a 2 year old" club. I have lotsa birds, and they're all kinda like that! LOL
You're so good to have adopted your bird. Being a person experienced with rescues but not rescues of cockatoos, I wasn't sure I could handle a bird that had suffered abuse or replacement home anxiety, so I opted to buy a baby. Well, here's to a hopeful future of babysitting many 2 year olds, including Claire!
Umbrella cockatoos can stay like that. With love ansd time and attention.. if you neglect the bird you will lose in the long run, if you love and care then she will stay like that forever :)
Good one!! Pretty clear you haven't had a cockatoo, and if you have, you didn't have it for long. These birds aren't pets, shouldn't be sold as pets, because they are wild. Not something you breed out of them. I have had a rescue for 15 years and the saddest thing of all is that people actually believe what you're saying. They go through sexual maturity and innately they start behaving like they would in the wild. This has nothing to do with how much you love and care for them.
well, maybe try to tell that to thousands of happy cockatoo owners, then, I guess. I don't agree with just any person having a bird of any sort, I've seen the harm that can cause, and I have been the recipient of a couple of rescues from unfit homes. However, especially bigger birds, should never ever be owned by the inexperienced.
to continue: There are a lot of people who don't agree with the fact that I have a cockatoo, for whatever reason. But guess what? I don't give a crap what you, or they, think. She's a good, loving birdy who treasures her home, her toys, her endless supply of good organic food, her endless supply of people-love. She's good even with babies.
Maybe she'll change in the future... but we'll be alright with that if it comes about. I have a bunch of birds. I respect that you have an opinion and you're trying to tell people who shouldn't have birds not to get them. I'm supportive of that. But if you're trying to tell me I shouldn't have my lovey Claire? Well then, you sir, can take a BIG HIKE.
Fact of the matter is Toos are different from other birds. You can get all pissy about it, but that's just how it is. Nobody's saying she's not a good bird. They ALL are good birds. The problem are the PEOPLE who selfishly keep on buying them for their own personal gratification. I suggest before anyone buys a bird they visit one of the thosand rescues around and see what's REALLY going on.
It's pretty clear that you've come here for a fight, and have posted your comments without having any regard for the person posting them. Of course they're all good birds. I have never met a "bad" bird - just birds owned by bad people. Claire is in good hands. So take your animal activist opinions and go shove it, alright?
Classy, eh. You keep saying the bird is in good hands, but your comments match those of someone so self absorbed they can hardly see beyond their own nose. I'm not here for a fight, and like you, I really don't care what others think. For me it's about the birds. For you, it's all about you. Herein lies the difference . . .
well, again you've proven that you don't care enough to research the person you're insulting.
I am buying Claire because I actually don't want this to happen to her. She was about to be bought by someone who I believe to be a crazy bird-hoarder...
I was simply at the bird store to buy my other birds their pellets when I came across Claire. It was a good choice to buy her. We want to ease into the transition of rescuing other cockatoos. Starting with a baby who I thought to be in danger seemed like the right choice to make.
I don't know...would you rather see this bird go off to live with a crazy bird hoarder, or a person experienced with MANY species of birds, who owns but a few???
I guess the fact that I wanted to keep her from that life makes me a "self absorbed" jerk in your book. Now who's classy???
. . . and remember, I'm one of a handful that cleans up your mess when you're done playing with your "baby". Where are all your other "adopted" birds? I just wish people would stop buying babies and instead go and adopt the thousands of unwanted and disposed of birds who started off as "cuddly" and ended up as birds. But it's pretty clear I'm wasting my time here.
Listen, You're a presumptuous jerk for saying what you have here, and I think that your words are showing you up to be the self-righteous person I suspected I was dealing with at the beginning of this flame war you started.
Look, you WON'T be cleaning up after me, because I will be busy raising a well-adjusted bird in the hopes that others might come to me from more questionable places.
1. Emma, the african grey - this was a neglected bird from a home with too many cats. Died of a heart attack.
2. Budgie Helium: I had to ransom budgie out of his situation, because he was being underfed, and lived in a cage with a bunch of bigger birds who were ready to kill him. When I got him, his wings had been shorn - yes, shorn - of their flight feathers, and he was bleeding.
3.Tristan the cockatiel - a friend of mine came to me asking me to take this sweet birdy. She was being covered in the middle of the day and chased around by an imbecile of a person before her owner would get home from work. when they moved I took her, because they were not able to care for her any longer. I was so upset when she flew out an open door this fall, and was never heard from again.
4. Chicken, the quaker parrot: We rescued him out of a home where his cage had not been cleaned in 6 months to a year, he had "poop soup" for water that sat there for days, he was being fed nothing but millet, he had no toys, he lived in a dark corner of a house, he had plucked out so many of his feathers that he was bald front and back.
To top it off, his owners often closed him in closets or beat him with a rod when he'd scream or bite. I was the first person to come over and take him out of that cage in 2 years. Chicken lived with us for 9 months, and died after having a cloacal prolapse.
5. Tibbit the pirate bird, an Indian Ringneck - this is a bird whom I paid 1/4th of the medical bills for in order to take him home, as he came down with a respiratory infection which ended in him losing an eye. He is currently speaks French as his primary command language, and responds to a couple of things in English that he has picked up since we got him. I am trying to determine whether he will exhibit the same language learning characteristics as a small child would.
I have also worked with rescue organizations, donating my time to go feed, water, and play with birds up to to the size of hyacinth macaws. My favorite little guy was a toucan. I was on quite good terms with a palm cockatoo as a volunteer. he was horribly abused, but one of the nicest cockatoos I've ever met, simply because he was loved and well treated at the shelter. He was 43 years old, well past adolescence, and despite the abuse, very affectionate.
So, now who's the one that is "so self-absorbed tey can hardly see past their own nose"?
if you have a response, feel free to post it. Now that I have sufficiently burnt your fallacious straw man argument, you're free to come back with some witty retort, but know that it will be the last of those which I approve. After this, your messages will be archived, and saved to present to the bird enthusiasts community at large, so that all know who they are dealing with.
Why don't you shut up you jerk. I can see that you care about birds and I commend you for rescuing but you have a chip on your shoulder and you are taking it out on this person. I agree with your reasons, but I don't agree with your choice of targets. You don't know her and yet you attack her. You are only makeing yourself look like a cook and giving a bad name to rescuers.
could you, do you think, possibly clarify the exact nature of the branch you have up your ass? Is it that you're the only person who's qualified to care for a bird, or are you shooting your e-mouth off? Pity me as an ignorant non-bird owner, but it really looks to me as if [a] you need a course in minding your own fucking business, and [b] you're overcompensating for, well, something.
She'll stay like that :P Cockatoos are so cuddly. I rescused a moluccan and once she got better about, well, people and trusting, thats her favorite thing to do. Sit and cuddle like that. My 2 year old Goffin I raised is the same way. :) Beautiful bird. Enjoy!
Well, you know, I really just wanted to keep the pesky people who think that all people who buy cockatoos aren't bird-knowledgeable people away. I have other birds, and she's moving in to a cage 4 times her wingspan wide, and 6 feet tall with a playstand. All of my babies live in palacial cages.
I know she'll stay lovey, but she may not stay so quiet! However, noise is such a small price to pay for such a fantastic friend. Thanks so much for your comment. I appreciate it!
Well she could stay quiet. Just keep doing what your doing now in the video, well, you know.. dont change environment or working hours where you will cage her more or something.. pm if you need help or anything.
Thanks, I appreciate that. All of my birds are spoiled rotten, but they know their schedule, too. It changes every 4 months, but I try to keep it similar at least.
I really hope she stays the quiet little sweetie that she is now. So far, so good.
I don't care what anyone says - they will always be cuddly love sponges. All the naughty things my Clare does and she can make up for it with one cuddle session!
tooparrots 3 years ago 4
So cute !
95milkbone 3 years ago 3
Not a better pet if you want unconditional love. That spot under the wings and around the tail triggers a breeding thing work their head they like it just as well.......enjoy
whattazoo 3 years ago 2
oh thank you for replying just wondering because i am getting a baby male umbrella cockatoo in a cople of weeks and he is onley 8 months old!!!
just wanted to know more about them because i love them!!!!
sara xxxxxx
sarasunshine777 3 years ago
well, you're welcome. We have five crazy birds now, not just mme. Claire!
Feel free to write me on Twitter (mmemaledicta) or add my YIM to your friends list (madamemaledicta) for more info, make sure to ID yourself as "sara who commented on You tube" so I know it's not just some crazy random add!
~A
mmemaledicta 3 years ago
thanks for replying again haha,
so are all of your birds cockatoos?
sara x
sarasunshine777 3 years ago
hiya sara here,
i was jast wondering if you knew how old the babyh cockatoo was????
from sara (the cockatoo lover!)
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sarasunshine777 3 years ago
She was about 7 months old when this video was shot, she is a year and a half old now.
mmemaledicta 3 years ago
Even though their "cuddle bug" personalities fade as they get older, that happy-spot under the wing NEVER goes away, lol. I have two umbrellas (have had them since they were both about a year old) and if I even motion to them that I'm going to scratch under their wings, they turn to absolute mush :-) I swear, its like a drug to them.
IrishBarFight 3 years ago
I've been considering a cockatoo for going on three years now, but it's not a choice I take lightly. They stay sweet, but only if you socialize them properly. You can't give them huge amounts of attention when they're babies and expect them to deal with less as adults. They also need to be introduced to a vast array of people with GOOD results... They should be introduced to traveling by car, in a carrier, and need to be handled by many people, in order to be good pets... Your bird is great!
m00dyz 3 years ago 2
My too still loves to be cuddled. Every animal is unique, Toos included. Not all will eventually turn out to be psycho. Some cockatoo people really go overboard with the scare tactics because it makes them feel important (I'm special, only I can handle a bird like this) but they are just on an ego trip. If a cockatoo has no history, like this baby, like mine when she was a baby, and the owner is even semi responsible, smart, and attentive, the bird will be fine.
glory88awaits 4 years ago
it is so tamed
elkubabe 4 years ago
cute bub you got there henry is now 6 and stills luvs his kisses & cuddles and will usually sit there and go to sleep while getting cuddles from his dad...
henrythecockatoo 4 years ago
Mine is 13 and still loves his cuddle time. He has his hormonal moments now that he's gone through maturity, but I believe he will always love to cuddle.
Ilovereining 4 years ago 2
too cute *__*
Cadav3ria 4 years ago 2
My too is 10. Still cuddles & kisses. He's very affectionate. My only advice... Establish a maintainable routine. I was warned that many people lavish attention 24/7 on their baby at first, then wonder what went wrong when baby becomes demanding when the novelty wears off. Best advice ever. Knowing how sensitive he is, I'm sure he would have been heart broken when our lives fell into a routine that included anything other than cuddle time. Enjoy your baby. I'm sure you & Claire will be happy.
lindsay22la 4 years ago 2
i have six cockatoos ages are 88,40,22,20 two at 6 weeks all of them are like that. but the babys cry 24 7
Count0Reilly 4 years ago 2
My Umrella Cockatoo is the same way and he's 17. I love him.
kissesforcharlie 4 years ago 2
Don't feed the trolls! The next time someone gives you a snarky and dumb comment like that, use all your willpower to ignore it, or just delete it and never have to live with it again.
I love your new baby. She looks very happy and contented, and as she gets older I think that she will be quite a wonderful companion bird.
kirkygirl 4 years ago
I know that it's easy to feel sorry for all of the neglected, abused birds that are out there. If I let my emotions go wild, I'd probably have a zillion birds! But I have to think about how much attention each bird requires to feel "special", money for equipment and vet visits, etc. So for now I am keeping my 13 1/2 year old as an "only". Sometimes I wish I had more time and more money though!
cindyandjoey 4 years ago
Beautiful bird. I adopted a too that was about 3-- the age when they can become a handful. When you teach a parrot "good manners" at the start then this transition period is not so bad. My too is about 13 now and is very lovable and likes to cuddle. I've read not to give them "one to one attention" for more than about half an hour at a time so they do not become demanding, but talking to them and being in the same areais alway okay. You look and sound like a good birdie Mom.
searella59 4 years ago
I am owned by a 24-year-old Umbrella named Chloe. Your Too is beautiful! Don't ever forget how special she is or how much she needs you.
DigitalGoth 4 years ago
The one thing about these types of birds is that they can be over bonding. My mom still has the same cockatoo for over 18 years, and she used to always be around her dad until he passed away years ago. This caused the bird to go in a frenzy for a long time.
Zoloft1 4 years ago
what a good kisser, mine is TOO! You'll be a good mom!
4parrothouse 4 years ago
Thanks! I really hope that Claire enjoys her new home, and that we are the best bird parents she could ever want.
~A
mmemaledicta 4 years ago
Claire is cute! :)
heart1987 4 years ago
and she knows it...
~A
mmemaledicta 4 years ago
Funny, I just went to check out Tubesquatters page and the accounts been closed. Looks like you weren't the only person he was causing trouble with. Ignore the jerks, love your Too. :)
THGATEKEEP 4 years ago
Can I just say??? You ROCK so hard.
Thanks so much for letting me know that. I find extreme gratification in knowing that a troll's account is no longer...HAHAHA!
~A
mmemaledicta 4 years ago
:) Thank you. I am glad I made your day! I got a kick out of seeing that his account was closed too.
THGATEKEEP 4 years ago
Honey, you don't need to justify anything to the jerks who post negative things about you. You just keep up the good work, and give us more 'update' videos. Best wishes to you.
bigbadbarb 4 years ago
(((Big hugs)))
Thanks for being a supporter! I sure will take more videos and update as she grows.
~A
mmemaledicta 4 years ago
Actually, the cockatoo, if you keep it tame and friend and show it just as much attention as you would a baby, as it grows, it will start to act just like any human being. ours we have had for 8 years, and it acts like an 8 year old child, eats with us at the table, watches movies, and snuggles when it wants to snuggle up to "Daddy" or "Bubba" as she calls me and my dad.
finalfant111 4 years ago
Everything I have seen and heard points to this same conclusion. I'm so glad to hear that you have a sweet friend to love and cuddle. I'm sure Claire will be a great friend for the rest of her life, and mine!!!
~A
mmemaledicta 4 years ago
I've heard it all before and a thousand times over. You're just like the rest, maintaining a problem, buying for self gratification. I see my time WAS wasted. I bid you farewell and invite you to visit mytoos dot com to learn about the bird you think you're "saving".
Tubesquatter 4 years ago
good job! looks like you listened to NOTHING I just said. Except that I felt I was helping Claire not to go to what I saw as a possibly unfit home. well, you've done just what I suspected. You presented no valid questions, no reasoning behind your accusations, and your fallacious argument has thus folded under its own weight. enjoy your new desigantion as "that intellectually dishonest asshat who is now banned from commenting on this account".
~A
mmemaledicta 4 years ago
Oh! I nearly forgot to mention that the ringtone on my phone is the cockatoo sound bite from mytoos. When I hear it, I hear a great bird doing its thing, sounding off to greet the sun.let me guess though: you're from there, and you think you're presenting a PSA to a horribly ignorant person.
well, jerk, the grant I am about to receive for groundbreaking linguistic work with birds would say otherwise...
~A
mmemaledicta 4 years ago
Oh no, your time wasn't wasted, at least not for us. You showed us what a self-important jerk you are. You are more interested in attacking people than you are in helping birds. You think people are really going to listen to you when you attack them? You only make yourself appear crazy. Teach through informing and educating people with kindness, you'll reach a lot more people that way.
THGATEKEEP 4 years ago
Cockatoos make WONDERFUL pets for people who have the time and understanding to properly care for them. They just need lots of attention because they are so highly social. I've known several adults that were sweet and gentle as they were as babies. I rescued one adult--badly abused who turned into a very nice pet.
blkgryphon 4 years ago
This is why I say she is the perfect companion for this household.
We don' go out a lot, except to work or go to school. I am home all of the time because I can work from anywhere. every day, each of the birds I already have get cooked for, played with, and adored. I have time and energy to spend with Claire, and I have worked with big-bird rescues before. However, she will be the first bird of her size I have owned.
Thanks for the encouraging words!
~A
mmemaledicta 4 years ago
You signed yourself up for babysitting a two year old for the rest of your life- So have I welcome to the club. In december we adopted an eight year old boy who's owner died. Doesn't scream, never bitten anyone, a total doll. I couldn't of raised a better bird myself.
jazzebela 4 years ago
I love the "babysitting a 2 year old" club. I have lotsa birds, and they're all kinda like that! LOL
You're so good to have adopted your bird. Being a person experienced with rescues but not rescues of cockatoos, I wasn't sure I could handle a bird that had suffered abuse or replacement home anxiety, so I opted to buy a baby. Well, here's to a hopeful future of babysitting many 2 year olds, including Claire!
~A
mmemaledicta 4 years ago
Agreed.
I have bought my Quaker and Cockatiel.
The cockatiels good- The Quaker- Well, she's a quaker!
jazzebela 4 years ago
Umbrella cockatoos can stay like that. With love ansd time and attention.. if you neglect the bird you will lose in the long run, if you love and care then she will stay like that forever :)
EverettChick 5 years ago
Yay, then that means forever. I spend every free moment with my birdies. I Think she'll be happy here.
~A
mmemaledicta 5 years ago
Good one!! Pretty clear you haven't had a cockatoo, and if you have, you didn't have it for long. These birds aren't pets, shouldn't be sold as pets, because they are wild. Not something you breed out of them. I have had a rescue for 15 years and the saddest thing of all is that people actually believe what you're saying. They go through sexual maturity and innately they start behaving like they would in the wild. This has nothing to do with how much you love and care for them.
Tubesquatter 4 years ago
well, maybe try to tell that to thousands of happy cockatoo owners, then, I guess. I don't agree with just any person having a bird of any sort, I've seen the harm that can cause, and I have been the recipient of a couple of rescues from unfit homes. However, especially bigger birds, should never ever be owned by the inexperienced.
mmemaledicta 4 years ago
to continue: There are a lot of people who don't agree with the fact that I have a cockatoo, for whatever reason. But guess what? I don't give a crap what you, or they, think. She's a good, loving birdy who treasures her home, her toys, her endless supply of good organic food, her endless supply of people-love. She's good even with babies.
mmemaledicta 4 years ago
to contine, III:
Maybe she'll change in the future... but we'll be alright with that if it comes about. I have a bunch of birds. I respect that you have an opinion and you're trying to tell people who shouldn't have birds not to get them. I'm supportive of that. But if you're trying to tell me I shouldn't have my lovey Claire? Well then, you sir, can take a BIG HIKE.
~Audra
mmemaledicta 4 years ago
Fact of the matter is Toos are different from other birds. You can get all pissy about it, but that's just how it is. Nobody's saying she's not a good bird. They ALL are good birds. The problem are the PEOPLE who selfishly keep on buying them for their own personal gratification. I suggest before anyone buys a bird they visit one of the thosand rescues around and see what's REALLY going on.
Over and out.
Tubesquatter 4 years ago
It's pretty clear that you've come here for a fight, and have posted your comments without having any regard for the person posting them. Of course they're all good birds. I have never met a "bad" bird - just birds owned by bad people. Claire is in good hands. So take your animal activist opinions and go shove it, alright?
~A
mmemaledicta 4 years ago
Soory, that should read: "you posted your comments without having any regard for the person who'd be reading them".
Apologies.
~A
mmemaledicta 4 years ago
Classy, eh. You keep saying the bird is in good hands, but your comments match those of someone so self absorbed they can hardly see beyond their own nose. I'm not here for a fight, and like you, I really don't care what others think. For me it's about the birds. For you, it's all about you. Herein lies the difference . . .
Tubesquatter 4 years ago
well, again you've proven that you don't care enough to research the person you're insulting.
I am buying Claire because I actually don't want this to happen to her. She was about to be bought by someone who I believe to be a crazy bird-hoarder...
mmemaledicta 4 years ago
I was simply at the bird store to buy my other birds their pellets when I came across Claire. It was a good choice to buy her. We want to ease into the transition of rescuing other cockatoos. Starting with a baby who I thought to be in danger seemed like the right choice to make.
mmemaledicta 4 years ago
I don't know...would you rather see this bird go off to live with a crazy bird hoarder, or a person experienced with MANY species of birds, who owns but a few???
I guess the fact that I wanted to keep her from that life makes me a "self absorbed" jerk in your book. Now who's classy???
mmemaledicta 4 years ago
. . . and remember, I'm one of a handful that cleans up your mess when you're done playing with your "baby". Where are all your other "adopted" birds? I just wish people would stop buying babies and instead go and adopt the thousands of unwanted and disposed of birds who started off as "cuddly" and ended up as birds. But it's pretty clear I'm wasting my time here.
Tubesquatter 4 years ago
Listen, You're a presumptuous jerk for saying what you have here, and I think that your words are showing you up to be the self-righteous person I suspected I was dealing with at the beginning of this flame war you started.
mmemaledicta 4 years ago
Look, you WON'T be cleaning up after me, because I will be busy raising a well-adjusted bird in the hopes that others might come to me from more questionable places.
mmemaledicta 4 years ago
here's a list of my adopted birds:
1. Emma, the african grey - this was a neglected bird from a home with too many cats. Died of a heart attack.
2. Budgie Helium: I had to ransom budgie out of his situation, because he was being underfed, and lived in a cage with a bunch of bigger birds who were ready to kill him. When I got him, his wings had been shorn - yes, shorn - of their flight feathers, and he was bleeding.
mmemaledicta 4 years ago
3.Tristan the cockatiel - a friend of mine came to me asking me to take this sweet birdy. She was being covered in the middle of the day and chased around by an imbecile of a person before her owner would get home from work. when they moved I took her, because they were not able to care for her any longer. I was so upset when she flew out an open door this fall, and was never heard from again.
mmemaledicta 4 years ago
4. Chicken, the quaker parrot: We rescued him out of a home where his cage had not been cleaned in 6 months to a year, he had "poop soup" for water that sat there for days, he was being fed nothing but millet, he had no toys, he lived in a dark corner of a house, he had plucked out so many of his feathers that he was bald front and back.
mmemaledicta 4 years ago
To top it off, his owners often closed him in closets or beat him with a rod when he'd scream or bite. I was the first person to come over and take him out of that cage in 2 years. Chicken lived with us for 9 months, and died after having a cloacal prolapse.
mmemaledicta 4 years ago
5. Tibbit the pirate bird, an Indian Ringneck - this is a bird whom I paid 1/4th of the medical bills for in order to take him home, as he came down with a respiratory infection which ended in him losing an eye. He is currently speaks French as his primary command language, and responds to a couple of things in English that he has picked up since we got him. I am trying to determine whether he will exhibit the same language learning characteristics as a small child would.
mmemaledicta 4 years ago
I have also worked with rescue organizations, donating my time to go feed, water, and play with birds up to to the size of hyacinth macaws. My favorite little guy was a toucan. I was on quite good terms with a palm cockatoo as a volunteer. he was horribly abused, but one of the nicest cockatoos I've ever met, simply because he was loved and well treated at the shelter. He was 43 years old, well past adolescence, and despite the abuse, very affectionate.
mmemaledicta 4 years ago
So, now who's the one that is "so self-absorbed tey can hardly see past their own nose"?
if you have a response, feel free to post it. Now that I have sufficiently burnt your fallacious straw man argument, you're free to come back with some witty retort, but know that it will be the last of those which I approve. After this, your messages will be archived, and saved to present to the bird enthusiasts community at large, so that all know who they are dealing with.
~A
mmemaledicta 4 years ago
Why don't you shut up you jerk. I can see that you care about birds and I commend you for rescuing but you have a chip on your shoulder and you are taking it out on this person. I agree with your reasons, but I don't agree with your choice of targets. You don't know her and yet you attack her. You are only makeing yourself look like a cook and giving a bad name to rescuers.
THGATEKEEP 4 years ago
could you, do you think, possibly clarify the exact nature of the branch you have up your ass? Is it that you're the only person who's qualified to care for a bird, or are you shooting your e-mouth off? Pity me as an ignorant non-bird owner, but it really looks to me as if [a] you need a course in minding your own fucking business, and [b] you're overcompensating for, well, something.
betenoireindustries 4 years ago
Thank you so much. My thoughts precisely.
~A
mmemaledicta 4 years ago
She'll stay like that :P Cockatoos are so cuddly. I rescused a moluccan and once she got better about, well, people and trusting, thats her favorite thing to do. Sit and cuddle like that. My 2 year old Goffin I raised is the same way. :) Beautiful bird. Enjoy!
weepingwillow87 5 years ago
Well, you know, I really just wanted to keep the pesky people who think that all people who buy cockatoos aren't bird-knowledgeable people away. I have other birds, and she's moving in to a cage 4 times her wingspan wide, and 6 feet tall with a playstand. All of my babies live in palacial cages.
I know she'll stay lovey, but she may not stay so quiet! However, noise is such a small price to pay for such a fantastic friend. Thanks so much for your comment. I appreciate it!
~Audra
mmemaledicta 5 years ago
haha quiet? I wish :P You're welcome. best of luck to you and the 'too!
weepingwillow87 5 years ago
Well she could stay quiet. Just keep doing what your doing now in the video, well, you know.. dont change environment or working hours where you will cage her more or something.. pm if you need help or anything.
EverettChick 5 years ago
Thanks, I appreciate that. All of my birds are spoiled rotten, but they know their schedule, too. It changes every 4 months, but I try to keep it similar at least.
I really hope she stays the quiet little sweetie that she is now. So far, so good.
~Audra
mmemaledicta 5 years ago